Not sure why this has been surprising or confusing, even without confirmation. Ray Jr. is loaded. Miami needs bodies but will have limited scholarships. If you pay your child's tuition it does not count against scholarship totals (see Bobby Frasor, UNC guard in 2008 whose parents paid his tuition his senior year so Roy could sign another McDonald's all american). Non-scholarship players can play (none of the Ivy league schools have athletic scholarships). The only time this situation is in question is when there has been a recent adoption (see Michael Oher's recruitment, or the two Indiana freshmen basketball players who were suspended this year, not a perfect analogy, but probably close enough). Therefore I have no reason to doubt that Ray Jr. will pick up the tab for his son's education and we will have an extra scholarship to use.